Spirituality and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Magical Thinking in Future-Oriented Sensemaking

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dc.contributor.authorGanzin, Max
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Gazi
dc.contributor.authorSuddaby, Roy
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-30T22:06:42Z
dc.date.available2020-11-30T22:06:42Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractDrawing from a qualitative empirical study of Canadian entrepreneurs, we seek to understand the nature of entrepreneurial thinking. More specifically, we analyse entrepreneurs’ cognitive capacity to mitigate the risk inherent in an uncertain future and overcome low community expectations of entrepreneurial success. We introduce the notion of ‘magical thinking’, an emergent construct that refers to a cluster of beliefs that maintain the motivation and focus of entrepreneurs by transmuting agency from a rational-scientific context in which the entrepreneur imposes his or her will on the environment, to a spiritual context in which the entrepreneur perseveres by remaining true to trust in a wider cosmological belief system. We identify three key elements of magical thinking – finding one’s path, obtaining the answers and being at peace.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationGanzin, M., Islam, G., & Suddaby, R. (2019). Spirituality and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Magical Thinking in Future-Oriented Sensemaking. Organization Studies, 41(1), 77-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618819035en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618819035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12407
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOrganization Studiesen_US
dc.subjectentrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectmagical realismen_US
dc.subjectnarrative analysisen_US
dc.subjectprospective sensemakingen_US
dc.subject.departmentPeter B. Gustavson School of Business
dc.titleSpirituality and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Magical Thinking in Future-Oriented Sensemakingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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